Fractures

Name: Fractures at Sam's Club
Start: 4/6/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019043574 · 4/6/2019 · Sam's Club

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper arm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Sam's Club
Location: 2861 Beene Blvd., BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
NAICS: 453998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was backing up in a forklift when his left arm was pinned between the side of the forklift and the steel racking behind him. The arm was crushed between the elbow and the shoulder, suffering a compound fracture.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown